Ammeon to set up 60 person IT centre in Belfast, announces Hamilton

Republic of Ireland headquartered IT professional services company, Ammeon Limited, is establishing a 60 person Service Delivery Centre in Belfast.

Ammeon offers DevOps, Cloud and Automation services to major customers across a wide range of sectors including financial services, telecommunications, automotive, transportation and government organisations.

Making the announcement, Alastair Hamilton, CEO of Invest Northern Ireland said: “This sizable investment by Ammeon reinforces the calibre of skilled IT resources available in Northern Ireland and our reputation for world class expertise in software development.

This sizable investment by Ammeon reinforces the calibre of skilled IT resources available in Northern Ireland and our reputation for world class expertise in software development.

- Alastair Hamilton, Invest NI

“The 60 new roles, to be recruited by 2019, will generate £3.5million annually in additional salaries to the local economy.

“Ammeon’s new Belfast centre will help drive the development of its Cloud and Automation service offerings and complement the work of existing companies in Northern Ireland’s IT sector.”

Invest Northern Ireland has offered Ammeon £600,000 to support the creation of the 60 new professional and IT jobs, which will have average salaries of over £50,000.

Ammeon is looking for experienced engineers, consultants and new graduates to join their new software engineering and consulting division. Fourteen of the positions are already in place.

CEO of Ammeon, Fred Jones said: “Ammeon’s focus is on accelerating IT delivery and innovation for our customers. Our new office in Northern Ireland is a pivotal point in our strategic growth.

The availability of software engineering talent combined with a cost competitive environment and Invest NI support encouraged us to establish our service delivery centre in Northern Ireland.

- Fred Jones, Ammeon

“With our Belfast city centre location we are looking to take advantage of the highly skilled IT resources available in Northern Ireland. Automation and Cloud delivery have tremendous potential for our customers and our new Northern Irish base will play a vital role in accelerating our international expansion.

“We are looking for talented IT professionals with customer engagement skills who can help deliver major client projects and expand on our internal research and development activities.

“The availability of software engineering talent combined with a cost competitive environment and Invest NI support encouraged us to establish our service delivery centre in Northern Ireland.”